A filter includes a housing with multiple flow passages and filter elements, including at least first and second flow passages therethrough including respective first and second filter elements in parallel. Respective internal dividing walls separate flow passages and are provided with acoustic attenuators.
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1. A filter comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
a first flow passage through said housing from said inlet to said outlet, and including a first filter element filtering fluid flowing along said first flow passage;
a second flow passage through said housing from said inlet to said outlet, and including a second filter element filtering fluid flowing along said second flow passage;
an internal dividing wall separating said first and second flow passages such that fluid in said first flow passage flows through said first filter element, and fluid in said second flow passage flows through said second filter element, said internal dividing wall having quarter wave resonators formed by blind holes therein.
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said first filter element has an upstream face receiving incoming fluid along said first flow passage from said inlet, and a downstream face delivering filtered fluid along said first flow passage to said outlet;
said second filter element has an upstream face receiving incoming fluid along said second flow passage from said inlet, and a downstream face delivering filtered fluid along said second flow passage to said outlet;
said internal dividing wall has a first surface facing said downstream face of said first filter element, and a second surface facing oppositely to said first surface and facing said upstream face of said second filter element;
said quarter wave resonator blind holes are formed in at least one of said first and second surfaces of said internal dividing wall.
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said first filter element has an upstream face receiving incoming fluid along said first flow passage from said inlet, and a downstream face delivering filtered fluid along said first flow passage to said outlet;
said second filter element has an upstream face receiving incoming fluid along said second flow passage from said inlet, and a downstream face delivering filtered fluid along said second flow passage to said outlet;
said first and second filter elements are spaced from each other by a gap;
said internal dividing wall comprises a diagonal wall which diagonally spans said gap and defines an upstream triangular shaped plenum having a closed corner end at said upstream face of said second filter element, and having an open end communicating with said inlet, and defines a downstream triangular shaped plenum having a closed corner end at said downstream face of said first filter element, and having an open end communicating with said outlet, said diagonal wall having an upstream surface facing and defining said upstream triangular shaped plenum, and having a downstream surface facing and defining said downstream triangular shaped plenum;
said quarter wave resonator blind holes are formed in at least one of said upstream and downstream surfaces of said diagonal wall.
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The invention relates to filters, including air cleaners.
The invention arose during continuing development efforts directed toward filter assemblies providing more efficient use of space, better performance, smaller package size, flexibility of package geometry, and acoustic silencing. The invention further arose during development efforts related to commonly copending U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 11/044,775, filed Jan. 27, 2005, 11/201,390, filed Aug. 10, 2005, 11/305,563, filed Dec. 16, 2005, all incorporated herein by reference.
In internal combustion engine applications, engine manufacturers are increasingly demanding sound attenuation, particularly in the case of turbo/supercharged engines. The latter requirement is typically satisfied by incorporating a separate sound attenuating device in the system, in addition to the air cleaner, though a more cost effective solution would be desirable.
The following description of
Housing 12 includes an internal dividing wall 26 separating first and second flow passages 18 and 22 such that fluid in first flow passage 18 flows through first filter element 20 to the exclusion of and bypassing second filter element 24, and such that fluid in second flow passage 22 flows through second filter element 24 to the exclusion of and bypassing first filter element 20. First filter element 20 has an upstream face 28 receiving incoming fluid along first flow passage 18 from inlet 14. First filter element 20 has a downstream face 30 delivering filtered fluid along first flow passage 18 to outlet 16. Second filter element 24 has an upstream face 32 receiving incoming fluid along second flow passage 22 from inlet 14. Second filter element 24 has a downstream face 34 delivering filtered fluid along second flow passage 22 to outlet 16. Internal dividing wall 26 has a first surface 36 facing downstream face 30 of first filter element 20. Internal dividing wall 26 has a second surface 38 facing oppositely to first surface 36 and facing upstream face 32 of second filter element. Housing 12 has a first sidewall 40 defining a first plenum 42 between first sidewall 40 and upstream face 28 of first filter element 20. Internal dividing wall 26 has the noted first surface 36 defining a second plenum 44 between surface 36 of internal dividing wall 26 and downstream face 30 of first filter element 20. Internal dividing wall 26 has the noted second surface 38 defining a third plenum 46 between surface 38 of internal dividing wall 26 and upstream face 32 of second filter element 24. Housing 12 has a second sidewall 48 defining a fourth plenum 50 between housing sidewall 48 and downstream face 34 of second filter element 24.
In the preferred embodiment, first and second sidewalls 40 and 48 of the housing are spaced by first filter element 20, internal dividing wall 26, and second filter element 24 respectively in serial spatial alignment therewith. Further in the preferred embodiment, housing sidewalls 40 and 48 are spaced by first plenum 42, first filter element 20, second plenum 44, internal dividing wall 26, third plenum 46, second filter element 24, and fourth plenum 50 respectively in serial spatial alignment therewith. First and third plenums 42 and 46 communicate with each other at inlet 14. Second and fourth plenums 44 and 50 communicate with each other at outlet 16.
First and second filter elements 20 and 24 are spaced from each other by a gap 52. Internal dividing wall 26 is a diagonal wall which diagonally spans gap 52 and defines an upstream triangular shaped plenum 46 having a closed corner end 54 at upstream face 32 of second filter element 24, and having an open end 56 communicating with inlet 14. Diagonal wall 26 also defines a downstream triangular shaped plenum 44 having a closed corner end 58 at downstream face 30 of first filter element 20, and having an open end 60 communicating with outlet 16. In the preferred embodiment, diagonal wall 26 has a non-rectilinear wave shape providing increased entrance area at upstream open end 56 of triangular shaped plenum 46 and reduced area at closed corner end 54 of triangular shaped plenum 46, and providing increased exit area at downstream open end 60 of triangular shaped plenum 44 and reduced area at closed corner end 58 of triangular shaped plenum 44.
A spacer 62 supports first and second filter elements 20 and 24 and maintains gap 52 therebetween. Spacer 62 has first and second spacer walls 64 and 66 extending transversely (up-down in
A gasket 76,
The above principles may be applied to multiple flow filter systems wherein the filter housing may have multiple flow passages including the noted first and second flow passages and one or more additional flow passages therethrough.
The improvements and modifications in accordance with the present application are illustrated in
Internal dividing wall 26 of
The quarter wave resonator attenuation frequency is controlled by the depth of blind holes 136. In one preferred embodiment, the blind holes have a depth 138 in the range of 4 to 8 mm. Further in the preferred embodiment, the blind holes have a width 140 in the range of 2 to 3 mm. The noted width is transverse to the noted depth.
In a further embodiment, internal dividing wall 26a has a first set of one or more quarter wave resonator blind holes 142 of a first size, and one or more additional sets 144 of one or more quarter wave resonator blind holes of a different size, for attenuation of different frequencies. In one embodiment, the first set of quarter wave resonator blind holes 142 has a first depth, and second set 144 of quarter wave resonator blind holes has a second depth less than the noted first depth. In another embodiment, internal dividing wall 26a has a first area 146 of a first density of quarter wave resonator blind holes, and a second area 148 of a second density of quarter wave resonator blind holes, with the second density being less than the first density. In a further embodiment, the quarter wave resonator blind holes vary in at least one of depth and density along the wave shape along at least one of the upstream and downstream surfaces 38a and 36a of the diagonal wall 26a. In a further embodiment, the quarter wave resonator blind holes decrease in depth as upstream surface 38a of diagonal wall 26a extends from open end 56 of upstream triangular shaped plenum 46 to closed corner end 54 of upstream triangular shaped plenum 46.
In the foregoing description, certain terms have been used for brevity, clearness, and understanding. No unnecessary limitations are to be implied therefrom beyond the requirement of the prior art because such terms are used for descriptive purposes and are intended to be broadly construed. The different configurations, systems, and method steps described herein may be used alone or in combination with other configurations, systems, and method steps. It is to be expected that various equivalents, alternatives, and modifications are possible within the scope of the appended claims.
Gunderson, Larry T., Luttropp, Amy K., Considine, Ana R.
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